Good evening gang. The threat for severe weather is on the increase this evening into the overnight hours. We now have a SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH for much of central and northern Kentucky until 11pm. Damaging winds, large hail and torrential rains will be likely with some of the storms. This does include the Lexington metro.

Here’s a look at the watch outline and the latest warnings…

Follow the storms on regional radar…

I will have updates as needed and will send out warnings via Twitter. Follow me @kentuckyweather .